In this edition: Honoring the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; a rundown of recent attacks to reproductive health and rights; the U.S. heads into the fall with 200,000 COVID-19 deaths; and what the heck is happening at the CDC?!
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Weekly Pulse: Pandemic Updates and the Potential for Positivity
For The Weekly Pulse, we’ve scoured the most trusted journalistic sources—and, of course, our Twitter feeds—to bring you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness.
In this edition: Pandemic updates as Trump’s unseemly politicking continues, what you should know about wildfires and the air, the repro rundown, and glimmer of hope with pandemic positivity.
Weekly Pulse: Fires Pose Health Risk Across Western U.S.; Trump Admits to Downplaying Virus Threat
In this edition: Wildfires pose health risks across the Western United States; President Trump admits to downplaying virus threats; talking Title X; and your weekly dose of COVID-19 updates.
Weekly Pulse, Aug 30-Sep 4: COVID Cases Still “Unacceptably High”—But Can We Trust a Rushed Vaccine?
For The Weekly Pulse (a revisit of an old Ms. column!), we’ve scoured the most trusted journalistic sources—and, of course, our Twitter feeds—to bring you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness.
This week: Trump’s handling of the pandemic remains woefully insufficient; Sen. Cruz is “leading the charge on a Hail Mary plea” against medication abortion; House Dems are looking to challenge Hyde; and your weekly COVID-19 updates.
Weekly Pulse, Aug 23-28: Trump COVID Plan Guided By Politics, Not Public Health; Hurricane Laura’s Aftermath
For The Weekly Pulse (a revisit of an old Ms. column!), we’ve scoured the most trusted journalistic sources—and, of course, our Twitter feeds—to bring you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness.
This week: FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn overstates the benefits of the convalescent plasma treatment; CDC silently changes quarantine and testing guidance, against Fauci’s guidance; a five-dollar, 15-minute COVID-19 antigen test; Trump calls for restrictions on medication abortion; ultrasounds required for abortion-seekers in Indiana; less than half of people were taught about birth control; men die due to COVID-19 at a higher rate than women; 463 million children globally are cut off from education due to the pandemic; do video games help cope with the pandemic?; and Hurricane Laura’s aftermath.
Weekly Pulse: Health Care Companies Bank Record-High Profits—Yet Can’t Provide Free COVID Tests
For The Weekly Pulse (a revisit of an old Ms. column!), we’ve scoured the most trusted journalistic sources—and, of course, our Twitter feeds—to bring you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness.
This week: a group of Republicans backed by the White House challenge the ACA (in the middle of a pandemic); health care companies’ profits are through the roof; Texas clinics see a rise in later abortions after Abbott’s coronavirus-era ban; UNC cancelled in-person classes due to an outbreak of coronavirus after one week; updates on herd immunity; are plastic face shields effective?; and more.
The Weekly Pulse: House Doubles Endometriosis Funding; Schools Struggle to Contain Virus
Whew! Yet another surreal week has flown by us all—which means we have a healthy dose of updates on the ever-present COVID-19 pandemic, as well as an extensive run down of new revelations in reproductive health and policy; including a long-overdue increase in funding for endometriosis research.
The Weekly Pulse, August 2-7: In the Fight Against COVID, Trump is Failing Us
For The Weekly Pulse (a revisit of an old Ms. column!), we’ve scoured the most trusted journalistic sources—and, of course, our Twitter feeds—to bring you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness.
This week, we run down recent updates on reproductive health care and policy; address the presence of coronavirus risks in reopened-schools and prisons; and provide updates on the coronavirus with a closer look at how exactly leadership is failing us in the global fight against COVID.
The Weekly Pulse, July 26-31: Coronavirus—The Good, The Bad and the Misleading
In this week’s health related news, we break down the good, the bad and the misleading when it comes to COVID-19, and run down some recent updates on the reproductive health beat.
The Weekly Pulse, July 19-24: Repealing the Hyde Amendment, School Openings Up in the Air
For The Weekly Pulse (a revisit of an old Ms. column!), we’ve scoured the most trusted journalistic sources—and, of course, our Twitter feeds—to bring you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness.
In this edition of The Weekly Pulse, we start by running-down the most recent findings, wins and attacks to reproductive health—then bring you the good news and (unfortunately) the bad, concerning the pandemic.